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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	São Tomé & Príncipe	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	138	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	141	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	144	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	147	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	151	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	154	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	158	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	161	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	165	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	168	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	172	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	176	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	180	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	183	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	187	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	190	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	194	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	198	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	201	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	204	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	208	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	212	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	216	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	220	34,081

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Dominican Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.